Manuscripts
Anonymous letter concerning the Oregon Question
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Anonymous letter concerning the Oregon Question
Manuscripts
This manuscript, intended for publication in the New York Herald, discusses the Oregon Question.
mssHM 4006
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Charles Fletcher letters to James Gordon Bennett
Manuscripts
HM 4004 is a letter addressed to Mr. Bennett, editor of the New York Herald, imploring that the enclosed letter addressing the Oregon Question be published in the Herald. This letter is signed by Charles Fletcher. HM 4005 is the enclosed letter mentioned in HM 4004, and is signed "An American Citizen," and discusses a potential British claim to the Oregon Territory. Both letters are dated 1846, January 26. These manuscripts may be related to HM 4001-4003.
mssHM 4004-4005
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James Gordon Bennett letters
Manuscripts
These three letters, written by an unknown author to newspaper editor James Gordon Bennett, address the Oregon Question. HM 4001 is dated 1846, January 17, and is signed "The Ghost of Morgan." HM 4002 is dated 1846, January 25, and is signed "Pericles." HM 4003, the longest letter at four pages, is dated 1846, January 26, and is signed "Oregon."
mssHM 4001-4003
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The question of hope : photographs in Western Oregon
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"The question of hope is especially urgent because of environmental threats. One such peril, deforestation, is the subject of the first half of this book, where pictures of it suggest a war zone. The subject of the second half of the book, light on the sea, might initially seem disconnected from the first, but in combination they have about them what Samuel Johnson once called "the stability of truth," in this case a recognizable balance of harsh facts and dateless, mysterious consolation. Robert Adams has studied both elements--our failed stewardship and the promise implied by beauty--across much of the American West. He has over the years also photographed them near where he lives on the Oregon coast, and it is this local caring that gives The Question of Hope much of its intensity."--Jacket.
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Anonymous letter concerning Idaho Territory gold rush
Manuscripts
This letter documents the rush of gold seekers to a new discovery in the upper reaches of Idaho Territory. Having reached Fort Laramie (a frequent stopping point for all overlanders), the author offers considerable commentary about rumored clashes with Indigenous peoples. The letter is addressed to H. C. Hanna (the author's uncle) and signed with initials only: "T.L.D."
mssHM 83442
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Walter Pomeroy land grant for a lot in Oregon City, Oregon
Manuscripts
Land Grant to Walter Pomeroy for lot no. five, block no. six on Water Street in Oregon City, Oregon. Signed and with an embossed red paper seal by President William McKinley, Secretary F. M. McKean and the Recorder of the General Land Office on September 13, 1900. The Land grant was recorded in the State of Oregon, County of Clackamas on September 29, 1900 with blind embossed seal of Clackamas County.
mssHM 16949